EYES ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL
Solo art exhibition by Serge Oryan
Oil on Canvas - 20 pieces exhibited - 150 cm X 150 cm each.
There is something amazing about looking into someone's eyes, you see good and evil, you see honesty and disgrace, you see loyalty and deception.
My daily job is a film director, and the definition of a film director is a story teller, I spend my time looking for the right characters to tell my story, I look for real people, genuine characters, believable and charming, a bad character can ruin a good story, and a good character can pull you into the essence of the story, this is where my job is delivered.
I observe people, I look into their eyes which is the only window where you can have access to their inner soul and see the truth in them, people can control what comes through their mouth and can control their body language, but they cannot control what goes through their eyes, this is where they're busted.
In my career I travel and I meet a lot of people, different characters and different souls, some come and go quickly and leave no impact at all, and some stay in our memory, and it's never the physical appearance that sticks in our mind, it's what we see in the eyes.
My exhibition is a collection of 20 pieces, all big scale faces, different characters, different expressions, The Mentor, The Mentalist, The Oracle, The Genuine, The Indecent etc... The eyes are the centre of the attention, each one of them tells a different story. All drawn in Black and White, very intense with a strong contrast. This strong contrast gives the face an attitude and takes you directly through the eyes to the inner soul of the character.
All paintings are framed with a thick bold metal frame, which gives the characters another depth of intensity and boldness.
The portraits I draw touched my soul at some point of my life
and will stay in my memory forever.
The opening night is on the 3rd of September from 6 PM till 9 PM, Under the Patronage of his Excellency, Minister of Culture Mr. Rony Araiji.
Exhibition on view till the 13th of September,
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 10 AM - 7 PM
Jisr El Wati, Beirut 961.71.684.218 www.stationbeirut.com
